The Inca

This South American "First Nation" group is investigated as part of
the Cycle II curriculum in order to provide students with the means to compare & contrast pre-
& post-European intervention life of the aboriginal groups of the Americas.
General Information and Examples of
Approaches to teaching the Inca:

Ice Treasures of the Inca @nationalgeographic.com - An Interactive
Expedition with Johan Reinhardhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/Climb Peru's Mount Ampato following the path of the ancient Inca in a re-creation of an
actual expedition that took place in 1995.

The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail.htmlThe real Inca Trail is a walking route that leads through the mountains above the Urubamba
river, following (at least partly) the course of an old Inca roadway leading to the city of Machu
Picchu. Discover it virtually through this website which includes many photographs and an
interactive map.

Ice Mummies of the Inca - NOVA - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/In September 1996, high-altitude archaeologist Johan Reinhard led an expedition to the summit
of Sara Sara in Peru in search of frozen sacrificial mummies.

Descendants Of The Incas fulfills one of the major goals of the Center For Traditional Textiles
of Cusco, Peru: to share information about the rich culture of Inca people living today near the
city of Cusco, once the capital of the Inca empire.